About The sunny South. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1875-1907 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1887)
THE SUNNY SOUTH, ATLANTA, GA^ SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8,1887. <6cms of thought. Warming Food for Cows. When mixing a mesa of bran forniflcb cows, it is usual to take hot water and scald it so as to partially cook the feed. If given while still warm, as it generally is, it is much more stim ulating to milk production. But this warmed food is unnatural and unhcaltliful. This is one of the drawbacks on cooking food for stock, which thoug'i often promising well for a time, proves unprofitable in the end. Waste In Misshapen Potatoes. If farmers helped their wives peel potatoes, as they might well do in Winter or when not otherwise busy, they would learn some fa-ts about the economy of keeping the best pota toes for home use. At the best there is much waste in preparing potatoes for cook ng. Those with deeply sunken eyes or of irregular form lose most, and that too of the bert, since the portion of the potato near the skin is more nutritious than the centre. Some suioothly- shaped thin-skinned potatoes are profitable for baking, as if well done the skin is as palatable as any part of the potato. Canning Milk. Milk is often a scarce article in farmer’s homes during the latter part of Winter. Il only one or two cows are kept and timed to drop their calves in the Spring, they are prob ably now giving so little milk that il is of little value for making butter. t\ ben this is the case the best use that can be made of milk is to can it, tilling those cans that have been al ready emptied of fruits put up during the Sum mer. All that is necessary is to bring the milk to a boil so as to ex]>el the air. I lie canned milk will be thought as much of in times of scarcity as Summer fruits are in Win ter, and there is no danger of having too much of it. Milk is a necessity, and in country neighborhoods at some seasons can scarcely be got Winter Care of Colts. Much of tint future value of the horse de pends upon the care given it during its first winter. There is apt to be a sudden ebook to growth when the change is made from wean ing and from green to dry food, and unless this is prevented by good, substantial food what is then lost will never be regained. Kx crcise is also very important, so tnat liberal feeding will result in a proportionate develop ment of muscle instead of all fat, as it might if the colt was kept tied all the time. The value of a horse is largely in its muscles, and these are made bv exercise quite as mu 'll a< by the cbatacter of the feet. \Y itb little use of the muscles the strentth-giving food will not be assimilated, but will be passed out with other matter not needed by the system in the excrement. Exclusive Hog Crowing. It is becoming evident that making hog growing a business cannot be made profitable in any section of the country. In some East ern Sta es where large droves are kept, chol era or some other disease attacks them as seri ously as it has in the West. A few pigs kept in connection with other stock may make a profit, hut large droves do not do as well, be sides cos ing more to keep. Warm Water for Cows. The Agricultural School of St. Hemi, France, rp]torts: In February last three cows received warm drink in the stable during two weeks; three other cows took their drink at the pump in the yard. After two weeks the treatment wes reversed; the first three cows took their drink at the pump, and the three latter receiv- ec warm drink in the stable. The result was alwat s the same. The cows that received the warm drink gave more than one litre (about three pints) milk per day than those which had tlie cold drink. Whatever causes to ani mals—c ild as well as heat—must necessarily dimmish their milk product. Tests'of a Cood Farmer. Some one says that the best test of a good farmer is the thoroughness with whirii the manure is cleaned out from his barnyard. The odd places where rich deposits have been ac cumulating for years should all be cleaned, and if this removes more soil than can be spar 1 d, replace with sods from the roadside,which, when saturated with manure, and the richest kind of fertilizer. Another sign of a good far mer is the condition of his buildings, fences and implements. Where these are kept in good order you will generally find a first-class farmer.—Ex. Advice to Farmers. An exchange gives farmers the following sa- lu: ary advice: -Every farmer should cultivate strawber ries, blackberries and raspberries, currants, cherries, grapes, pears and apples simply be cause lie can do it as well as not, and with the outlay of but little labor; and they are a neces sity 10 the health and happiness of the family. I'he pleasure of the task, too, is to be included in tlie-harvest, of which it comprises a very large share. There are few unspoken delights that are more exquisite than that of seeing one’s vines, bushes and trees laden with blos soms to be soon after full of fruit, to wattb and tend them to their beautiful maturing, to cat her them fresh and dewy almost at one’s door, and to partake of their juices and flavors in tlte company of wife and children, neighbor ami friend.” .soft corn freezes t be ground in the ill parts of oats or Use of Soft Corn. The greater part of soft or unmerchantable com is fed easily, and to fattening hogs with out grinding, 'i’he idea is to get ritl of it as soon as possible to prevent it front beating and moulding. It is true enough that in large nit ventilated heaps it is apt to spoil; but hundreds and even thousands of bushels may be kept until it is dried out. Considering the waste fulness of the usual methods of feeding it will pay to take the needed care to keep it later, (liven to bogs while wet and even water-soak ed by rains it is little more nourishing than so much grass. Much of the nutriment in i's soft state is in the cob, which fattening bogs will not eat. Probably' tlie best use of --ii»T».«jjfccs'Ihere isIff cully in keeping RJFthe Winter i J*fiwarils Spring 1! Mra mixture of parley. Tho Best Time to Prune. F M. Borden. Nova SeMia, has been in- fonmni by a land surveyor, that lie has noticed in “blazing” trees, that the wounds mad" in early mmmer heal sooner then those made at any other time, and infers from this t.iat early dimmer is the best time to prune iruit trees. Mr. Borden asks our opinion. The litn- for pruning is not always fixed as that best fertile tree but. tlie convenience of the operator is al so considered. The growth in length of thn “brandies of our fruit trees is made early in the season; then the energies of the tree are direct ed toward maturing and ripen ng the growth thus made. Wounds made during this time of ripenin'* heal more readily than at any other, and is the best time for the welfare of the tree. On the other hand, tlie farmer iris, in the late winter or early spring, more time to give to pruning titan in any oilier season. The sever ity of winter is over, the trees have mt yet started into new growth, and, take it altogeth er, this is regarded as the most convenient reason by most orchardists. Waste in Heating Houses. The old-fashioned fir-place, w ith its back i 0 , r Q f blowing coals to throw beat into the room, was probably as wasteful n method of heating houses as could well be devised. But tlie fuel of those days was pleuttlm, and the fireplace with open draught ro the chimney at least gave better ventilation than hr.Ve been devised by the methods ..f heating houses pro vided now. Heated air is not unhealthful, provided it has not been healed so as to de stroy substances with wr-icli it comes in con tact and thus change its carbon to carbonic acid gas. <>ur present modes of warming houses are defective alike in tlie waste of heat and in lack of ventilation. The best stoves and furnaces allow an enormous amount of heat to go out through the chimney, while all give much impure air to the r. oms which they oc cupy There is room tor invention as to the best means for cheaply and effectively warm ing houses, and at the same time securing good ventilation. Dish-water for Flowers. Don’t waste your disli-water when you can use it profitable in your flower garden. A re cent writer says : It. is a good p'an to put in the coffee and t. a grounds and even tlie scrap ings from the sink. Begin wit It the rose bush- es”you will lie astonished at the new growth, and on these come the flowers next year. My scarlet geraniums wete admired for their rich colors and abundant bloom, tlie more they blossomed, and this bed received a liberal por tion of the dish-water once a week. A poor, miserable apple tree that had never bad a blos som alter one summer’s treatment, bore a considerable number and bids fair next year to have a large crop. But my scarlet runners surprised me; planted near an ugly-looking old shed they covered it with such a mass of rich red coloring that tlie old shed, always an eye sore became a thing of beauty. To be sure they’were nothing but beans, but the flowers were so perfect in form anti coloring that they were well worth cultivating, especially as this result was brought about by applying the sim ple and ready stimulant, dish-water, Live Stock Notes. In icy times all kinds of stock are in some dancer Horses should be sharp shod, and the ’ owpaths about the stables and water troughs bould be lightly straw ed, so that the cows • ^armhorses are hardier for natbeing blank eted and far having a heavy coat of hair, for ■ work seldom cans* s them to sweat; but riage and road horses should he well tied so that their coate may be light, that when wet with sweat they will dry bont chilling the anima'. ilch cows, of course, need to be weU fed to d up the flow of milk. The use of roots, med feed and ensilage reduces the quanti- f water they will drink. Water that has the chill taken off, say at a temperature of degrees or higher, may be drank in any titv without injury. of all stock on the farm, are profited -manure makers in winter. Their sheds vards should be well strawed but they d have light platforms here and there in for the sheep to stand upon and cool Old doors do very well, frequently Farmers’ Clubs. We extract tlie following from a communi cation in tlie Massachusetts Ploughman, and commend its suggestions to our farmers in every neighborhood: A well conducted Farmer’s Club of Grange is productive of so much good that no farming (•. immunity should do without one or tlie other. A side from the social advantages which they afford, there is an educational advantage that reaches almost e’”'rj •'Deration on the farm in a manner to improve it, especially among the active 'dirking members, for no honest worker in a farmers’ society can avoid being more ob serving of the wants of the different animals and -tops growing on the farm, that he may ■steak ot them more intelligently and bo able to give facts that may be of value to tlie mem bers. All through the growing season he 'uin(. 1 uUsioSs,-n?ivi i; «© ! yrSa 5 ib iSv ab'e, not only to others, but also for his own use in future farm operations. When the farmer once gets his attention turned to the gathering up of facts relating to the growing crops it is really astonishing how many im portant tilings he will discover, that before his interest was awakened were entirely over looked ; they were passed by because be had nothing to urge him to search for them, While every farmer who attends meetings with an honest desire to learn, will pick up many val uable facts every winter. Tlie advantage thus gained is not half as great as that of awaken ing in him a desire to observe and investigate fur himself. People that never had any wits to spare themselves always are ready to egg on, and chuckle, when they see a better fellow going a bit astray. Every cur runs after and barks when a noble-blooded mastiff gets a tin can tied to his tail.—Mrs. Whitney. Many go out for wool and return shorn.— Don Quixote. The golden beams of truth and the silken cords of love, twisted together, will draw men on with a sweet violence, whether they will or not.—Cudworth. We cannot suppose that a period of time will ever arrive, when the world, or any con siderable portion of it, shall have come up abreast with these great minds, so as to fully comprehend them.—Longfellow. There are no greater prudes than those wo men who have some secret to hide.—George Hand. Does any man wound thee? Not only for give, but work iuto thy thought intelligence of the kind of pain, that thou mayest never in flict it on another spirit.—Margaret Fuller. Young folks are apt to think old folks ought to go a story higher. But we’re content, and they must put up witli us until the proprietor orders a move.—lohn Buskin. The first step in debt is like the first step in falsehood, almost involving the necessity of proceeding in the same course, debt following debt as lie follows lie. Hayden, the painter, dated his decline from the day on which he first borrowed money.—Samuel Smiles. There are treasures laid up in tlie heart, treasures of charity, piety, temperance anil soberness. These treasures a man takes with him beyond death when he leaves this world. —Buddhist Scriptures. The first sure symptom of a mind in health is rest of heart, and pleasure felt at home.— Young. (fturtous IK acts. Where the Corks Come From. Some enterprising Americans have recently conceived the idea of growing cork trees in this count'y. They believe they can be suc cessfully grown in the climate of California, anil steps have been taken toward making the experiment. Tlie average annual importation of cork wood into this country, almost entire ly at the port of New York, is 70,mm bales a year. A bale weighs l(i0 pounds, and is worth on this side of tlie water $20, making the total value of the yearly importation >0,41 n 1,000. It comes in duty free. It is nearly all brought over by one firm, whiili has a branch house in New York, the main offices being in London and Lisbon. The firm owns vast forests of cork wood in l’ortugal and Spain, and may be said to control tlie business. With the excep tion of an Inferior kind of cork wood grown in Algiers to a limited extent, all the cork wood of commerce conies from the Spanish peninsu la, where the trees abound not only in cultivated forests, but also grow wild on tlie mountains. The tree is like an American oak, with leaves similar to tlie oak and acorns. It takes ten years for the hark to become of proper thickness to be man ufactured into bottle stoppers, life preservers and seine corks. When stripped from tlie tree it is boiled for two hours, cured in the sun for a week and pressed into fiat pieces for bailing and shipping. The denuded trunk, like alien robbed, of her eggs, does not sulk and quit the business, but throws out a fresh covering for a fresh spoliation. One tree has been known to yield as much as one-half ton of cork wood. One pound of cork can be manufactured into 144 champagne corks. The baled cork bark is sold to cork manufactories in the cities. The most extensive manufac tory in America is at I’ittsburg. Besides tlie ordinary demands for cork wood, a good sup ply tlie buoyant material, after being burned to make it still lighter than the origi nal bark, is shipped to Canada and New Eng land, where it is made into seine corks. “The love of books, as the mere scholar has it,” says Professor Blackie, “is the root of all solemn stupidity. The habitual fixing tlie eyes on grave books is one of the great evils of modem education.” Professor Blackie, a book man of a high order, expresses the slowly- growing conviction of the thoughtful, is the conclusion of paper and press. It is possible to have too much of the best, and we have had too much book for the amount of education we possess. Education is not book learning. De velopment is not the acquisition of another’s m ud work, but the steady, active, earnest ex ercise of one’s own mental powers. To im print upon the memory the result of any other man’s train of thought is no more thinking than a street-car ride is a walk. We do noth ing when we simply receive. The great thing is to think. To plan, to question, to seek hith er and yon for the answer to our questions, and finding an answer, to see if we accept it for ourselves as the answer—this is education. To hold one’s self ready for all life’s reveal- ings, to curb and control, to urge and compel to action that wearisome and contrary self— is education. Books form but a meagre ele ment in the process needed for this develop ment. There are better educated people among the unlearned than among the scholars. A scholar is apt to grow in one direction—to ward his books and away from his fellow-man. An educated person must be roundly devel oped, all sides alike. It grieves the soul of s newspaper man to lorn a paying subsciber, but it grinds his gizzard to have a paper returned by a dead-beat who nev er pays, with the crushing marginal note, “don’t want it.” when Milton wrote “The lowest deep and still a lower depth,” he was, doutless, trying to reach down to the appropri. ate hell that is reserved for the wretch who discontinues his newspaper in arrears, without a word of comfort for the poor publisher.— i llorgue Citizen. The portrait on the tenpenny stamp of Can ada, issue of 1S51, is that of Jacques Cartier, who discovered the St. Lawreuce River. Muschenbroeck found that a human hair fifty-seven times thicker than a silkworm’s thread would support a weight of 2<i0!l grains, and a horse hair, seven times thicker than this, 7!I70 grains. A bit of soft paper is recommended by an English doctor fur dropping medicines into tlio eye, as being equally effective as brushes, glass droppers, etc., and far less likely to in troduce foreign substances. A New Haven infant over two months old weighs only two and a baif pounds. She is well formed and healthy and of fine vocal equipment. Her height is thirteen inches, her wrist seven-eighths of an inch in circum ference, the back of her head measures one inch across, and her foot is one and a quarter inches long. “Grape cure” is practised in France and Germany in the Autumn, and is regarded as a cure for many diseases due to high feeding. The patient is given a pound of grapes to eat the first day. This amount is added to until tlie person can eat five or six pounds a day. The other food is gradually lessened, and the diet at last consists entirely of grapes. It cures obesity and many other complaints, and starts the person off on a new lease of life. Fruit is necessary in a rational diet, and of immense value in dietetic medicine. According to tlie Belgian savant, Quetelct, a man attains bis maximum weight about bis fortietli year, and begins to lose it toward bis sixtieth year. A woman, however, does not attain her maximum weight until her fiftieth year. The weight of persons of the same age in different classes of society also differs. In the affluent classes the average maximum weight is 172 pounds, and is attained at fifty years of age. In the artisan class it is 154 pounds, attained at forty. Among farm labor ers it is 171 pounds, attained at sixty. In the general, classes it is 1(14 pounds, and is reached between forty and fifty years of age. Dr. Porret has published some very curious instances of exhausted muscular power. Of course, the writer’s cramp is a case in point; but there are “professional movements” other titan writing which exhaust the powers of those who use them. Violinists lose the power of manipulating the strings with their left hand, and v i ul , '''fello players that of “making the „ bui* Lj.'-''-".'":I'-- "-•- ■ , «rer over tnc sircR ; tailors can no longer sew, and even nail makers can at last no longer use the hamuier. It is sagaciously suggested that, in view of this disastrous state of things, everybody si ould have a second calling to fall hack upon yljen the first gives out. Tlie inhabitants of the moon, if there are any, behold a much larger and more luminous moon than the inhabitants of tlie earth do. It is thirteen times larger tin n ours, and, there fore, thirteen times more luminous. It hangs in tlie firmament of the moon without apparent change of place, hut not without change of surface, for this great globe as it turns on its axis presents its oceans and continents in grand succession. In a word, in twenty-four iiours this great rotundity which we mortals tread turns its pictured countenance to the moon, and grandly repays the listening or gazing lunarians by repeating to them, with tlie best of its ability, tlie story of its birth. Whether there are intelligences in tlie moon whose capacities enable them to read the story is a question fur philosophers and astronomers to solve. TALMAGE’S SERMON. 1 reached in the Brooklyn Taber nacle. The Christian Jubilee. “Joy to the world! the Lord is come, Let earth receiyp her king.” fUstoncai. Witchcraft is no modern invention. Witches were believed in, by the vulgar, in tlie time of Horace as implicitly as in tlie time of Shak- speare, The name caique is derived from the Hay den tongue. It was inaccurately applied by the Spaniards to tlie native nobles of Mexico. Its true meaning is lord or prince or supreme ruler. A treaty was concluded with the Creek na tion Feb. 12. 1825, for their removal to lands west of the Mississippi river, it having become the policy of the United States to plant all the barbarian tribes cast of tlie Mississippi on res ervations west of that stream. The Irish fairies occasionally inhabited the ancient burial places known as tumuli or bar- rows, while some of tlie Scottish fairies took up their abode under the doorstone or thresh old of some particular house, to the inmates of which they administered good offices. Richard II., of England, (111*0) proclaims that having himself experienced the calamity of shipwreck, lie does, “for the love of God and the salvation of his soul, demand safety and protection for all shipwrecked persons and their goods, in whatever land and sea.” In days gone by neither sowing, planting nor grafting was ever undertaken without a scrupulous attention to the increase or waning of tlie moon. It was thought that the increase of the moon made plants fruitful, and that un der tlie full moon they were in their best strength. Before the reign of King Alfred, slaves could own nothing in England; under his leg islation they were permitted to dispose by will of what was given them, or what they could earn in tiieir free hours. He forbade, also, any masters who had incurred a fine or amend from buying off by the sale of man as well as beast. Much mystery was in bygone days thought to hang over the origin of pearls, and, accord ing to the poetic orientals, “Every year, on the sixteenth day of the month Nisan, the pearl oysters rise to the surface of the sea and open their shells, in oroer to receive the rain which falls at that time, and the drops thus become pearls.” Friday. Friday has long since been regarded as a day of evil omen, but it has been, to say the least, an eventful one in American history. Friday, Columbus sailed on his voyage of discovery. . Friday, ten weeks after, he discovered America. Friday, Henry VII., of England, gave John Cabot his commission, which led to the discov ery of North America. Friday, St. Augustine, the oldest town in the United States was founded. Friday, the Mayflower, with the Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth, and on Friday they signed that august compact, the forerunner of the present constitution. Friday, George Washington was bom. Friday,Bunker Hill was seized and fortified. Friday, the surrender of Saratoga was made. Friday, Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, and on Friday the motion was made in Con gress that the colonies were, and of right ought to be, free and independent.—New Erv. Dr. Talinage’s text was St. Matthew, chap ter ii, verse 9: “When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, tiff it came and stood over where the young child was.” The preacher said: At this season all Christendom celebrates the birth of Christ. Step down out of your comfortable surroundings into the chill De cember night of Bethlehem. Two plain people are hoteiled ill a village barn after a walk of eighty miles, too long a trudge for one in poor health. No lords of .state awaiting in ante chamber, as when otlier kings are bom. No messengers mounted at the doorway ready to herald the advent from city to city. No med ical skiff in attendance. No satin lined cradle to receive the infantile guest. But a monarch born in tlie hostelry called tlie house of Chim- liarn, the night with diamonded finger pointing down to tlie place, tlie door of Heaven set wide open to look out; from orchestral batons of light, dripping the oratories of the Messiah; on lowest doorstep of heaven the minstrels dis coursing of glory and good will. Soon after the white bearded astrologists kneel, and from leatlien pouch chink tlie shek els, and from open sacks exhale the frankin cense and rustle out the bundles of myrrh. The loosened star: the escaped doxology of celestials; tlie chill December night aflush with May morn; our world a lost star, and an other star rushing down the sky that night to beckon the wanderer home again, shall yet make all nations keep Christmas. Are there no new lessons fro* the story not yet hackneyed by oft repeatal! Oh, yes! Now in the first place, it was a sideral appearance that led the way. Lo, the star which they saw in the east went before them. Why not a black cloud in the shape of a band or a finger pointing down to the sacred birthplace? A cloud means trouble, and the world had had trouble enough. Why not a shaft of lightning quivering and flashing and striking down to the sacred birthplace’ Lightning means de struction, a shattering and consuming power, and the world wanted no more destruction. But it was a star, and that means joy, that means hope, that means good cheer, that means ascendency. A star! That means cre ative power, for did not tlie morning stars sing together when the portfolio of the world was opened? A star! That means defense, for did not the stars light in their course against Sisera, and for the Lord’s people? A star! That means brilliant continuance, for are not tlie righteous to shine as tlie stars for ever? A star! That means the opening of eternal joy. The day star in the heart. The morning star of tlie Redeemer. Tlie unusual appearance that night may have been a strange conjunction of worlds. As the transit of Venus was foretold many years ago by astronomers, and astronomers can tell what will be the conjunction of words a thousand years from now, so they can calcu late backwards, and even in final astronomers have been compelled to testify that about tlie year one there was a very unusual appearance in the heavens. The Chinese record, of course . o.-d ~L- as a matter ot history cAt about the year one there was a strange and unaccountable appear ance in tlie heavens. But it may have been a meteor such as you and I have seen flash in tlie horrizon. Only a few years ago I saw in the Western sky a star shoot and fall with such bzilliancy and precision that if I had been on a hill as high as that of Bethlehem, on which the shepherds stood, I could have mark ed wh.hin a short distance the plac of alight ing. Tlie University of Iowa and tlie British museum have specimens of meteoric stones picked up in the fields, fragments Hung off from other worlds, leaving a dery trail on the sky. So that it is not to me at all improbable tlie stellar or meteoric appearance on that night of which we speak. I only care to know that it was bright, that it was silvery, that it flashed, and swayed, and swung, and halted with joy celestial, as though Christ, in haste to save our world, had rushed down without bis coronet, and tlie angels of God bad hurled it after him. Not a|black cloud of threat, hut a bright star of hope is our glorious Christianity, i >ne glimpse of that stellar appearance kindled up the souls of tlie sick and the dying college student until the words flashed from his pale lingers, and the star seemed to pour its light from his white lips as lvirke White wrote these immortal words; “When marshalled on the niehtiy * Iain, The BhttorinR hOBta bestud the sky, 0'ie star atone of all the trap Can fix the sinner’s wondering ey». Hark! harklto God the chornB hixaks. From every host, from every eeia, ltut one alone the Savior speaks. It is the star of Bethlehem. “Oner on the raging eras I rode, The storm was loud, the night was dark. And rudely blew the wind That tinned my foundering bark; Deep horror then my vitals froze, Deathstruck 1 ceased the tide to stem. Whan sudde-lyfa star arose. It was the Star of Bethlehem.” Notice also in this scene, that otlier words seemed to honor our Lord and Master. Bright star of the night, wheel on in thine orbit! “No,” said tlie star, “I must come nearer, and I must bend, and I must watch and see what you do with my Jesus.” Another world that niglit joined our world in worship. That star made a bow of obeisance. I sometimes bear people talk of Christ’s dominion as though it were to be merely the few thousand miles of tlie worlds circumference ; but I believe the millions and tlie billions and the quadrillions of worlds are inhabited—if not by such crea tures as we are, still such creatures as God de signed to make, and that all these worlds are a part of Christ’s dominion. Isaac Newton and Kepler, and Ilerschel on(y went on Columbus voyage to find these continents of our king’s domain. I think all worlds were loyal but this. The great organ of the universe, its pedals and its pipes and its keys, are all one great har mony, save one injured pedal, save one broken stop—the vox liumana of the human race, the disloyal world. Now you know that however grand the in strument may be, if there be one key out of order, it spoils the harmony. And Christ must mend this key. He must restore this broken stop. You know with what bleeding hand, and with what pierced side, and with what crushed foot, He did the work. But the world shall be attuned, and all worlds will be yet accordant. Isle of Wight, larger in com parison with the British empire than our isl and of a world as compared with Christ’s vast domain. If not, why that celestial escort? If not, why that sentinel with blazing badge above the caravansary? If not, why that midnight watchman in the balcony of heaven 1 Astronomy surrendered that night to Christ. This planet for Christ. The solar system for Christ. Worlds ablaze and worlds burnt out —all worlds for Christ. Intensest microscope cannot see the one side of that domain. Farthest reaching telescope cannot find the other side of that domain. But I will tell you how the universe is bounded. It is bounded on the north and south and east and west by Cod, and that God is Chris*, and that Christ is God, and that God is ours. O, does it not enlarge our ideas of a Saviour’s do minion when I tell you that all the worlds are only sparks struck from His anvil; that all the worlds are only fleecy flocks following the one Shepherd ; that all the islands of light in im mensity are one great archipelago belonging to our King?. But this scene also impresses me with the fact that the wise men of the east came to Christ. They were not fools; they were not imbeciles. The record distinctly says that the wise men came to Christ We say they were the magi, or they were the alchemists, or they wen the astrologists, and we aay it with de predating accentuation. Why, they were the most splendid and magnificent men of the cen tury. They were the naturalists and the sci entists. They knew all that was known. You must remember that astrology was the mother of astronomy, and that alchemy was the mother of chemistry, and because children are brighter than the mother you do not despise the mother. It was the life long business of these astrolo gers to study the stars. Twenty-two hundred and fifty years before Christ was bom the wise men knew the procession of equinoxes, and they had calculated the orbit and the return of the comets. Proffessor Smith declares that he thinks they knew the distance of the earth from the sun. We find in the book of Job that the men of the olden time did not suppose the world was flat, as some have said, but that he knew, and the men of his time knew, the world was globular. The pyramids were for astrological and astronomical study. Then, the alchemist spent their lives in the study of metals, and gases, and liquids, and solids, and in filling the world’s library with their wonderful discoveries. They were vastly wise men who came to the East. They under stood embalment as our most scientific men cannot understand it. After the world has gone <m studying for hundreds of years, it may come up to the point where the ancients began to forget. I believe the lost arts are as mighty as the living arts. They were wise men that came from the East, and tradition says the three wisest men— Caspar, a young man; Balthazar, a man in midlife; and Melchior, an octogenarian. The three wisest men of all the century. They came to the manger. So it has always been —the wisest men come to Christ, the brainiest men come to the manger. Who was thegreat- cst metaphysician this country has ever pro duced? Jonathan Edwards, the Christian Who was tlie greatest astronomer of the world? Ilerschel the Christian, Who was the greatest poet ever produced' John Milton the Chris tian. Who was the wisest writer on law? Blackstone, the Christian. Why is it that every college and university in the land has a chapel? They must have a place for the wise men to worship. Come now, let us nderstand in ounces and by inches this whole matter. In post mortem examination the brain of distinguished men lias been examined, and I will find the largest, the heaviest, tho mightiest brain ever produced in America, and I will ask what that brain thought of Christ. There it is, the brain weigh ing sixty-three ounces, tlie largest brain ever produced in America. Now, let me find what that brain thought of Christ. In the dying moment, that man said: “Lord, I believe; help Thou mine unbelief. Whatever else 1 do, Almighty God, receive me to thyself for Christ’s sake. This niglit I shall be in life, and joy, and blessedness.” So Daniel Web ster came to the manger. The wise men of the east followed by the wise men of the west. Know also in this scene that it was a winter month that God chose for Ilis Son’s nativity. Had it been the month of May—that is the season of blossoms. Had it been in the month of June—that is the month of roses, llad it been in the month of .1 uly—that is the season of great harvests. Had it been in the month of September—that is the season of ripe or chards. Had it bc6n in the month of October —that is the season of upholstered forests. But he was born in the month of December, when there are no flowers blooming out of doors, and when all tlie harvests that have not been gath ered up have perished, and when there are no fnii's ripening on the hill, and when the leaves are drifted over the bare earth. It was in clos ing December that He was born, to show this a Christ for people in sharp blast, for peo ple under clouded sky, for people with frosted hopes, for people with thermometer below ze ro, for people snowed under. A December Christ! That is the reason lie is so often found among the destitute. You can find Him on any night coming off the moors. You can see Him any night coming through the dark lanes of the city. You can see Him putting Ilis hand under tlie fainting head in the pauper’s cabin, lie remembers how the wind whistled around the caravansary in Bethlehem that December night, and lie is in sympathy with all those who in their poverty hear the shutters clatter on a cold niglit. It was Ibis December Christ that Washing ton and liis army worshipped at Valley Forge, when without blankets they lay down in the December snow. It was this Christ that the Pilgrim Fathers appealed to when the May flower wharfed at Plymouth Rock, and in the years that went by tlie graves digged were more in number *> ~y'_ roil yon, we want a December Christ, not a Christ for fair weather, but a Christ for dark days clouded with sickness, and chilling with disappointment and suff rearing witli bereave ment, and terror with wide open graves! Not a Spring-time Christ, not a Summer Christ, not an Autumn Christ, but a Winter Christ! oh, this suffering and struggling world needs to be hushed and soothed and rocked and lul- iabied in the arms of sympathetic Omnipo tence! No mother ever with more tenderness put tier foot oil tlie rocker of a sick child, than Christ comes down to us, to this invalid world, and He rocks it into placidity and quietness as He says. “My peace I give unto you; not as the world giveth, give I unto you.” oh, you broken-hearted, oh, you persecuted and tried souls, oh, you burden bearers, this day I de clare unto you a December Christ! Notice also a fact which no one seems to no tice, that this Christ was born among the sheep and the cattle and the horses and the camels, in order that. lie might be an alleviating influ ence to the whole animal creation. It means mercy for overdriven, underfed, poorly shel tered, galled and maltreated animal creation. Hath the Christ who compared Himself to a dove no care for the cruelties of the pigeon shooting? Hath the Christ who compared Ilimseif to a lamb no care for the sheep that are tied and contorted, and with neck overthe sharp edge of the butcher’s cart; or the cattle train in hot weather from Omaha to New York witli no water—iifiecn hundred miles of ago- ony? Hath the Christ whose tax was paid by a fish, the coin taken from its mouth, no care for the tossing fins in the fish market? Hath the Christ who strung with His own hand the nerves of the dog and the cat, no indignation for the horrors of vivisection! Hath the Christ wlio said “Go to tlie ant,” no watchfulness for the transfixed insects? Hath tlie Christ who said “Behold the fowls of the air,” Himself never beheld the outrages heaped upon the brute creation, that cannot articulate its grief? This Christ came not only to lift the human race out of its trouble, but to lift out of pang and hardship the animal creation. In the glorious millennial time the child shall lead the lion and play with the cocka trice only because brute and reptile shall have no more wrong to avenge. To a leviate the condition of the brute creation Christ was born in the cattle pen. The first bleat of the Lamb of God was heard amid tlie tired flocks of the Bethlehem shepherds. The white horse of eternal victory stabled in a barn. But notice also in this account the three Christmas presents that are brought to the manger. Gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Gold to Christ. That means all the affluence of the world surrendered to Him. For lack of money no more asylums limping on their way like tho cripples whom they helped, feeling their slow way like the blind people whom they sheltered. Millions of dollars for Christ where there are now thousands for Christ. Railroads owned by Christian stockholders, and govern ed by Christian directors, and carrying pas sengers and freight at Christian prices. Geo. Peabody’s and Abbott Lawrence’s and James Lenoxe’s no rarity. Bank of England, bourse of France, United States treasury, all the mon eyed institutions of the world, for Christ. The gold for Christ. Gold not merely paid the way for Joseph and Mary and the divine fugitive into Egypt, but it was typical of the fact that Christ’s way shall be paid all around the world. The gold for Christ, the silver for Christ, the jewels for Christ. The bright round, beautiful jewel of a world set like a solitaire on the bosom of Christ. But I notice that these wise men also shook out from their sacks the myrrh. The cattle came and they snuffed at it. They did not eat it because it was bitter. The pungent gum resigh of Abyssinia called myrrh brought to the feet of Christ. That means bitterness. Bitter betrayal, bitter persecution, bitter days of suffering, bitter nights of woe. Myrrh. That is what they put into His cup when He was dying. Myrrh. That is what they put under His head in the wilderness. Myrrh. That is what they srewed his path with all the way from the cattle pen in Bethlehem to the mau soleum at Joseph’s country seat Myrrh. “Yea,” says the Psalmist, “all thy garments smell of myrrh.” That is what the wise men wrapped in the swaddling clothes of the babe. That is what the Marys twisted in the shroud of a crucified Christ. The myrrh. Oh, the height, the depth, the length, the breadth of UosG oo’o u/irrAius Mvrrh! Well mill'll £ tl perfume, and the hostlers and the camel driven in the further part of the building inhale it and it floats out in the air until passersby wan der who in that rough place could have by ac cident dropped a box of alabaster, Frankincence. That is what they burned in the censer in the ancient temple. Frankin cense. That means worship. Frankincense. That is to fill all the homes, and all the churches and all the capitals and all the nations, from cellar of stalactited cave clear up to the silvery rafters of the starlit dome. Frankincense. That is what we shake out from eur hearts to-day, so that the nostrils of Christ once crimsoned with the hemorrhage of the cross, shall be flooded with the perfume of the world’s adoration. Frankincense. Frankincense in song, and sermon, and handshaking and dec oration. Praise Him, mountains and hills, valleys and seas, and skies, and earth and heaven—cyclone with your trumpets, northern lights with your flaming resin, morning with your castles of cloud, and evening with your billowing clouds of sunset. Do you know how they used to hold the censer in the olden time? Here is a metal pan and the handle by which it was held. In the inside of this pail were put living coals. On the top of them a perforated cover. In a square box the frankincense was brought to the temple. The frankincense was taken out and sprinkled over the living coals, and then the perforated cover was put on, and when they were all ready for worship, then the cov er was lifted from this censor and from all the other censors, and the perfumed smoke arose until it hung amid all the folds and dropped amid all tlie altars, and then ross in great col- umns of praise outside or above the temple, rising clear upward to the throne of God. So we have two censors to day of Christmas frankincense, (tn that we put our thanks for the mercies of the past year, the mercies of all our past lives, individual mercies, family mer cies, social mercies, national mercies, and our hearts burning with gratitude sent aloft the incense of praise toward tlie throne of Christ. Bring on more incense, and higher and higher let tlie column of praise ascend. Let them wreathe all these pillars, and hover amid all these arches, and then soar to the throne. But there is tlie other censer, of heavenly thanksgiving and worship. Let them bring all their frankincense—tlie cherubim bring theirs and tlie seraphim theirs, and the one hundred and forty and four thousand theirs, and all tlie eternities theiis—and let them smoke with perfume on this heavenly censer until the cloud canopies the throne of God. Then I take these two censers—the censer of earthly frankin cense and the censer of heavenly frankincense —and I swing them before tlie throne, and then I clasli them together into one. great Alle luia unto Him to whom the wise men of tiie east brought the gold, and the myrrh, and the frankincense, when “the star which they saw in the east went before them.” fiailroa&jtf. RAILROAD TIME TABLE Showing the arrival and departure of all train* tron Atlanta, Ga. EAST TfcNNfiSdEE. VIRGINIA & GEORGIA H. R Day Express from Si & Fla. No. 14. 12 06 n’n Now York Lias. From North No. 15 910 a rn •Gin. & Men . Ex from North, No 11. 11 55 p m Day Express from North No. 13. 4 00 p m •Day Ex from Savannah and Brunswick, No 16-...,. 5 35pm •Day Ex;rebe North, E and Weet No 1412 15 prr. •Day Express Phil. & N Y No. 12 6 15 an •New York Lim. Nortt N. Y. Pkila. etc No. It 5 40 pn •Cannon Ball South foi S Vh & Fla. No. 15 9 15 an •Fast Express South foi S’vh&Fla. No. 13 500 pr«. central railroad ARRIVE. I DEPART. Erom Savannah* 12 15 am | To Savannah*.... 2 25 an. “ Bam’sv’ll* 7 40 arr. | To Macon*...^-.. 200 pm “ Macon* 1 05 pm I To Savannah* . 6 50 pu. Savannah*. 730 p™ | To Barneavnle*.. 5 15pm WESTERN AND aTHNTiC RAILROAD. From Chata’ga* 2 15 “ Marietta... 8Warn “ Rome 11 05 am “ Chata'go*.. 7 25 am " Chata’ga*.. 144pm ChataVa*. 6 35 ptr T o C h attan ooga* To Chattanooga* To Rome .... To Marietta. Chattanooga* 750 am 1 40 pm 3 45 pm 4 4> pn. 5 50 pm To Chattanooga* 12 30 pm ATLANTA AND WEST POINT RAILROAD. From M’tgo’ery* 2 15 am | To Montgo’ery* 1 20 pm “ M’tgo’ery* 125pm4 To Montgo’ery* 12 20am •* Lagrange* 9 37 am | To 1 .agrange*.. . 5 05 pn GEORG1 a RAILROAD From Augusta* 6 40 Covington. 7 55 am Decatur... 10 15 am Augueta*.. 1 00 pm Clarkston.. 2 20 pm Augusta . 5 45 pm To Augusta*;... 8 00an To Decatur 9 00 am To Ciarketon.... 12 10pn. T o Augusta*... 2 45 pn To Covington... 610pm To Aogusta* 7 30 RICHMOND AND DaNVILLL RAILROAD rom Lula . 8 25 am | To Charlotte*... 7 4t am “ Charlotte* 10 40 pm I To Lula 4 30 pm “ Charlotte* 9 40 pm 1 To Charlotte*., 145pm IJI HE QUEEN AND CEMCRNT ROUTE SHORTEST AND QUICKEST LINK From Cincinnati to Atlanta, Macon, Augusta, Savannah, Jackson ville, Birmingham, Meridian, Jackson. Vioksboig, Now Price ns and Texas. Double daily service at trains with complete linn * of sleeping can. The favorite route between North and Sooth fox- lovers of fine scenery. JOHN C. GAULT. H. COLT.BBAN, Gen. Manager. Gen. Fees. igl - 8. R. JOHNSTON, General Agent, Kimball House, Atlanta, ua. T HIE ST. LOUIS, ARKANSAS A TUlB B’l. iNUAUD UUAUfli 01 OMTl. A, AO The new through line between the SOUTHEAST AND THB GREAT NORTHWEST- BestRoute to nil point# in EASTERN ARKANSAS AND SOUTHERN, EASTERN AND CENTRAL TEXA0- ls nil new end elegant. Pnllm an Palace Sleepers, 1 man Parlor Care and Day Cnachea. Specially good! accommodations for all classes of travel. Low ratac and round trip tickets to all principal point#. For map#, time tables, Ac., Ac., apply to any agent of Company or to A. 9. DODGE, en 1 Pai Texark J. 8. LEITH, Southern Fail. Ag’l. Nashville. Tain. T HK FLORIDA SHORT LINE. EAST TENN., VaTaND GA. RAILROAD*. OKO&G1A DIVISION. 3 THREE DAIlITFAST TRAINS.Q ATLANTA TO NEW YOEK. O foilftwfnff in N ft * 14. 188ft. No. 15 Exnress. Leav Atlanta.... 6 00 am Arrive Macou... 9 25 am Leave Macon.... 9 30 am Arrive Jesnp— 3 15 am Leave Jeaup 3 30 am Arrive Wayeroes 5 oo am “ Callahan . 6 50 am “ J’cks’vllle 7 30 am “ Mo V r>pni»h 7 58 am 3 30 pm 6 50 pm 7 05 pm 115 am 115 am 2 45 am 4 30 am 6 oo am 6 10 am 12 00 ni* t 3 20 am 3 25 am 8 25 am 8 35 am 9 50 am. 11 27 am 12 00n*it 11 56 am Ti»e i«»3i u ail auu uie (fauuou Ball carry Bleepers through to Jacksonville. This schedule place# us beyond competition and we acknowledge no com petitor for Florida bU9ineae. We are 44 and 11C> miles nearer than any other line, and the only line running solid trains ATLANTA TO JACKSONVILLE- For further information, write to or call on 8. C. RAY, Fass. A?’t, THAD O’. STURGIS, Charlotte, N. C- Atlanta. Ga. L. J. ELLIS, A. G. F. A. B. W. WRKNN, A.P. A— JACK W. JOHMSON, T. A. Atlanta Ga. T 1 HE GEORGIA RAILROAD. GEORGIA KAILUOAD COMPANY, Office General Manager, Augusta, Ga., Sept. 18,1886. Commencing Sunday, 19 proximo, the following* pasnenger schwiule will be operated: Tran us run by 90th meridian time. FAST LINE. NO. 27 WEST-DAILY. I NO. 28 EAST-DAILY. L’ve Augusta 7 45am 1 L’ve Atlanta. 2 45pm L’veWashington.7 20am | “ Gaineaville. .5 55am “ Athens — 7 45am j Ar. Athens 7 40pnc. ** Gainesville 5 55am I Ar. Washington.. 7 35j m i Ar. Atlanta 1 00pm | “ Augusta 8 16pm DAY PASSENGER TRAINS. NO. 2 EAST-DAILY. I NO. 1 WEST-DAILY. L’ve Atlanta 8 00am I L’ve Augusta .. .10 60am v - Ar. Gainesville....8 25pm “ Macon 7 10am. * Athens 5 30pm M Milledgeville.9 38am * Washington.. ..2 20pm I “ Washington. 11 20anu' * Mi Hedge ville.. 4 43pm f 41 Athene .... 9 00am * Macon 6 15pm I Ar. Gainesville . 8 25pnu “ Augusta......... 3 35pm | “ Atlanta 6 45pm- NIGHT EXPRESS AND MAIL. NO. 4 EAST-DAILY. I NO. 3 WEST-DAILY. >’ve Atlanta ..7 30pm I L’ve Augusta 9 40pm Ar. Augusta 5 00am | Ar. Atlanta 6 40cuxj COVINGTON ACCOMMODATION. L’ve Atlanta..—• >6 10pm I L’ve Covington 5 40am Decatur 6 46pm I “ Decatur.........7 25am. Ar. Covington....8 30pm | Ar. Atlanta 7 56am DECATUR TRAIN. (Daily except Sunday.) _ Atlanta 9 00am , L’ve Decatur 9 45am Ar. Decatur 9 30am I Ar. Atlanta. .. (HMM 10 lfiam CLARKSTON TRAIN. Atlanta 12 00pm L’ve Clarkston......l 25pm Decatur ....12 42pm | “ Decatur...^*. 1 48pm. Ar. Clarkston 12 57pm I Ar. Atlanta .2 20pm. Trains Noe. 2,1, 4 and 8 will, if signaled, stop at any? regular schedule flag station. No connection for Gainesville on SundayB. Train No. 27 will stop at and receive passengers tc* and from the following stations only.Grovetown,Har lem, Dearing, Thomson, Norwood, Barnett, Crawford- viHe, Union Point, Greenesboro, Madison, Rutledge,. Social Circle. Covington, Conyore, Lithonia, Stone Mountain e ~ mi Deoatur. tfheee trains make close oon- Savior’s sorrows. Myrrh! Well might the wise men shake out the myrrh But I notice, also, from another sack they shake out the frankincense. Clear up to the rafters of the barn the air Is filled with the IIEDMONI AIRLINE ROUTE. Mall and Sehedule In effect Nc*v. 14th, Express. Express 1886. Nc. 53. No. 51. Lsave Atlanta (city time) 7 40 am l 45 pin “ Atlanta (R. & D. time). 8 4ft am 2 45 Dm Arrive Charlotte 6 25 pm 12 55 am “ Danville ll 30 pm 6 oo am *• Ly nch bury 2 oft am 8 50 am “ Charlottesville 4 3ft am li 05 am “ Washington 8l0ain 3 30 pm “ Baltimore 10 03 am 4 48 pm ** Philadelphia 12 35 pm 7 17 pm “ New York 3 20pm 950am “ Boston...mm* .~~..lft 30 pm 300 pm Leave Danville 12 00 am 6 25 am *• Richmond — 5 30 am 11 33 am “ Norfolk 12 20 n’n 7 30 pm Leave Atlanta 7 40 am Arrive Soartansbnrg ........... 3 43 pm Arrive Hendeisuuvllle 7 00 pm “ Asheville.....^. 8 00 pm LULA ACCOMMODATION. Dally except Sunday. Leave Atlanta (city time) 4 30 pm Arrive Gainesville (city time) 6 33 pm Arrive Lula (ci:y time) c 66 pm RETURNING. Leave Lula (city time) 5 40 am Leave GaineovlUe (city time) .6 05 am Arrive Atlanta (city time) „.,8 25 am ATLANTA TO ATHENE VIA NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD. Daily except Sunday. No 53. No 51. Lpave Atlanta (city time)...^^. 7 40 am 4 30 pm Arrive Athens (city time) „..n 50 am 9 00 pm Dally except Sunday. No. 50. No. 52 Leave Aibens (city lime) 6 2ft am 2 15 pin Arrive Atlanta (city time) 10 40 am 9 40 pin E. BERKELY, J AS. L TAYLOR, Superintendent. Gen. Pass. A?t., Atlanta, Ga. Washington, D C. C W. CHEARS C. K SERGEANT, Ass’t. Gen. Pass. Agt., City Pass. Agent, Atlanta. Ga. Atlanta. Ga « west, north anr northwest, and carry through sleep— ere between Atlanta and Charleston. Train No. % will stop at and receive passengers to and from the following stations only: Grovetown. Har lem, Dealing 'Thomson, Norwood, Barnett, Crawford- ville. Union Point,~Greenesboro, Madison, Rutledge. Social Circle, Covington, Conyers, Lithonia, Stone Mountain and Decatur. No. 28 stops at Union Poind: for supper. Connects at Augusta for all points east and south east. I. W. GREEN, E. B. DORSEY, Gen’l Manager. Gen’l Prms. Agent. gAST AND WEST R. R. OF ALABAMA. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. No. 1.—Daily passenger train going weet Leave Cartersvilie..i< 9 50 an “ Rock mart 11) 3 an “ Cedartown 1215 pa M Cross Plains 1*5 pa Arrive Broken Arrow 5 23 pl2 No. 2.—Daily Passenger Train going East Leave Broken Arrow 8 10 Arrive Cross Plains 9 56 “ Cedartown 12 1 pn. “ Bockmart 12 f 8 pa M CartersviL'e 2 3jpn No. 8.—Accommodation. Going West. (Daily except Sunday.) Leave Cartereville 8 3tpn “ Bockmart 5 10 pa Arrive CeHiartown * 8 10 pa No. 4.—Accommodation. Going East. (Daily exoept Sunday.) Leave Cedartown 6 80 an “ Bockmart 1 28 an. Arrive Catersville ; 9 bU an No. 4 makes close connections at Bockmart with E. T. V. A G. trr.in reaching Atlanta 9:40 a. m.. and at Cartereville with W, A A. train reaching Atlanta 11:05 a. m. No. 8 make# direct connection »t Cartereville wilt W. A A. train leaving Atlanta at 1:30 p. m., and witl F T. V. A G. train at Bockmart leaving Atlanta a’ 4:20 p. m. No. 1 makes connection at Cartereville with W. A A. train leaving Atlanta 7 50 a. m., and with Bom* Express from the North. No. 2 connects at Cartereville with W. A A. trai reaching Atlanta at 0*J7 p. m. FRED M. WILCOX, T. J. NICHOLL, Gen. Pass. Agent. Gen. Manage: XY7ANTED EMIGRANTS WHO COTTMPLATE MOVING WEST TO KNOW THAT *VBK GEORGIA PACIFIC RAILWAY TEXAS AIR-LIRE VIA BlBUUNUHAM, ALA., ia the shortest. quickest end best MISSISSIPPI, LOUSISANA, ARKANSAS, TEXAS AND THE WEST AND NORTH-WEST WRITE FOR LOW EMIGRANT RATES. Correct map of mnj of the western stetee famished free upon application to 8AM B. WKBB, Passenger *n’t. I ALEX 8. THWEAT Trev. Pas. Agt. ( AU * nU ' GEO. S. B ARNUM, General Passenger Ag’t. Birmingham, Ala ^EW SCHEDULE THE GEORGIA PACIFIC RAILWAY" VIA BIRMINGHAM ALA. THE GREAT DOUBLE DAILY FAST MAIL AND EX PRESS LINE TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST. No change of cars at the Mississippi river. 14 HOURS QUICKEST ROUTE TO TEXAS AND THE WEST- IN ELEGANT THROUGHFAKE CARS. The Great Shreveport Route comes to the front with the fastest schedule f rom Atian - a to the west- Look at tpe map of the United States and you wlli see that the shortest line is via Birmingham to aiL points in the west. SCurUUlto Nov. 1MD,1886 No.62. Leave At!ant....«.^ l» 40 am Arrive Meridian 11 15 pm “ Jackson....._.....~.....~~.. 4 22 am “ Vicksburg 6 50 am “ Shreveport - • 4 22 pm D«*15:-4 “ Ft Worth — Leave Merpttao Arrive Naw Orleans . . “ Houston. 6 10 am 8 4ft am 11 30 pm 7 15 am ... 9 60am N-. A 4 30 PhD 6 2j am. 7 30 air, 3 25 pm 9 50 SIB: Maun B: uoi>r curs Atlanta loNt-w Orleans auci Shreveport without change. Solid trains Birming ham to New Orleans and Shreveport. Write f*»r low ratis. BF. WYLY JR, SAM. B WEBB, General Agent, Gen. Pass. Agent. Atlanta G t. A. S. THWE^TT GEO. 8. BARNUM, T. P. A. Gen. P*sa. Agent, Bl mlcgbam, Ala. THE MELODISTA ORGAN This is a delightful little MuBioal Instrument- and affords great pleasure to any family oirole. It is played with a crank like a regular hand' organ and the musical notes are oat in strips of brown paper which are drawn through the in strument as the orank is turned and the music is very fine. It is as lond and sweet as a regu lar hand organ bnt is not so large and will play any of the popular airs of the day. One of these organs with three pieces of mnsio will be sent to any address for 15 new snbsoiberB. Any num ber of pieces of mnsio can be procured at a. small additional cost. PLAIN HOME TALKS BY DR. E. B. FOOTE. For three new subscribers we will send i copy of Dr. Foote’s Plain Home Talks about the human system, the habits of men and women, the cause and prevention of disease, our sextual relations and social natures, embracing medical common sense applied to causes, prevention and cure of chronic diseases, the natural relation of men and women to each other; society- love, marriage, parentage, &c., embellished with 200 illustrations. The book contains 90o pages, handsomely bound in cloth and gil*®
